King tiger Porshe turret .

"Wick's Solvent-Free No More Nails"???

What is that--a spackling compound? It kinda looks like plaster...?

Anyway, it looks fabulous! The zimm is perfect!

MAn, a dio in 1/16? That's gonna be huge! Where ya gonna keep that? You MUST be single! LOL!

Looks very nice.  Excellent Zimmerit application!  Bravo!

I have that one started too.  May I offer this observation?  I'd omit the MG42 on the cupola.  The MG mount was designed to hold the coaxial MG, which was an armored barrel MG34, not an MG42.  Plus, the Tamiya design of the AA mount is very specious.

I also too pains to omit and correct the large screwheads that Tamiya requires (such as on the skirt armor).  It gives the tank a less toy-like appearance.  Hope this helps.

RC 

the doog wrote:

"Wick's Solvent-Free No More Nails"??? What is that--a spackling compound? It kinda looks like plaster...? Anyway, it looks fabulous! The zimm is perfect! MAn, a dio in 1/16? That's gonna be huge! Where ya gonna keep that? You MUST be single! LOL!

Looks finer than frog hair, to me. Outstanding work - really, I'm sitting here beside myself...(what movie was that from?)

That Zimm is fantastic!! I've been threatening to build a Porsche turret KT recently myself, though not in 1/16th. I'll look into whether this "No More Nails" is available on this side. Also, I think you might wanna check yer references before eliminating that seam line on the exhaust pipes altogether. I don't know, but it does look like something that could belong there. You guys who know these things can correct me.

Anyway, beautiful build, looking forward to seeing her in paint!

You did a great job on the zim. I wondered about using a hacksaw blade once I saw the Tamiya tools. I was curious about Wicks so I did a Google search on Wicks solvent free no more nails and came up with this.  www.wickes.co.uk/content/ebiz/wickes/resources/images/gil/21.pdf   I am sure we have something similar on this side of the pond.

Thanks for sharing.

Ed

Hi.

1.Since zimmerit was applied with a roller, the rolls might tilt, but lines should be straight.
The saw type of tool also produce high ridge lines. Try a screw driver.
2.The correct track is the ATL-22 kind. Don't know if that comes in this scale. 

Very cleanly done, good work.

rios wrote:

Hi. 1.Since zimmerit was applied with a roller, the rolls might tilt, but lines should be straight. The saw type of tool also produce high ridge lines. Try a screw driver.

It's plain that some zimm was applied with a trawl and ridges were sometimes made one at a time.  I agree that the lines tend to be very straight and wouldn't jog en masse like that. 

cannot wait to see the diorama

hmm at that size I might be able to do the "photo etch"

T26E4 wrote:

rios wrote: Whoops ,it looked so nice to me aswell,kinda made me loose interest on carying on on that now if it is obviously wrong, maybe someone has knowledge that some zimm was hurried and ended up with a finnish like mine ? Cheers , Bodge. Hi. 1.Since zimmerit was applied with a roller, the rolls might tilt, but lines should be straight. The saw type of tool also produce high ridge lines. Try a screw driver. It's plain that some zimm was applied with a trawl and ridges were sometimes made one at a time.  I agree that the lines tend to be very straight and wouldn't jog en masse like that.

Hi.

Sry to disappoint you I've also killed my share of kits before realizing the saw tools aren't going to work. Yours is a 1/16 model and expansive though, I would suggest you redo this instead of abandoning.

Scrap down the original zimmerit with an xacto. Get rid of the thick parts (ridges) and sand it down as much as you could. You can sand the side and front down. back facing plates have a lot of surface elements so just get the larger areas.
Lay a thin layer of putty over it and push the screw driver in really hard when you reapply the zimmerit. You can force it all the way into the plastic, a little bit of putty will be no problem. Use the edge part of the phillipshead, not only will the sharp edge make this easier, it's what you use to get the right shape too.

You can try it out on some spare plastic first. Just remember, material is mostly forced away, not condensed. 

Bodge,

 Thanks for posting your WIP! I have Tamiya's lil brother to this kit, in 1/35th. It's also a Porsche turret and I've already collected some PE and even wound up with the Verlinden PE Zimmerit although somehow I mismatched the standard turret application for that? But my point is- I've had all of this sitting in the stash forever and it took your post to cause me to dig it all out and take a fresh look at it! That's because your sharing has motivated my interest again- so thanks!

Did I say I like your efforts?

I do!

Bodge wrote:

Sorry i thought i read cavalier zimmerit, Going MAD.PE is a completely different type,Cavalier is very thin.

Well besides the Verlinden PE Zim for a production turret tank and not the Porsche turret which I own, I was already wary to use it but thought it might serve in a crunch somehow, someway? But seeing your efforts has started rekindeling the fire to try my hand at doing it myself. I've also had the Tamiya Zim tools and a variety of recommended putties so I've had a bunch of options in stock for a long time but simply lacked the motivation! But that's why it's so great to come here and see what everyone shares like you say and this time it was your project that was a 'direct hit' for me!

Please keep sharing your progress!

Bodge wrote:

Saying that i thought they were the right tracks anyway,Maybe this needs pointing out to Tamiya,i will have to do some research into track types 4 tiger twos and have a look. Any one got any ideas

There were 4 types of tracks for the Tiger II.

The very early style Gg 24/800/300. The tread link is identical to the one on your model in that it had 2 tread surfaces with raised cheverons. The connecting link was made up of a large center link with three smaller links next to it, one on the inside and two on the outside of the track, this type of track used a 18 tooth drive sprocket. It was also used on some Jagdtiger, the jagdtiger in Bovington is fitted with them.

The next type is Gg 26/800/300. This is the more common type of track and the one you would see in most Tiger II kits. The tread link is the same but the connecting link is now in one piece and not four as it was before, this track uses a 9 tooth drive sprocket.  This type of track is mounted on the Tiger II with production turret and zimmerit at Bovington.

The next type is Kgs 73/800/152. These are the late style single link tracks much like the Tiger I and Panther tracks, where all links are identical with one tread surface each. These are not seen on production vehicles until March 1945, however there are a few vehicles that had them installed during the battle of the bulge, and atleast 2 vehicle with the so-called "Porsche" turrets also had them fitte, probably as a test. The Tiger II with the Porsche turret at Bovington is fitted with these tracks, how ever these have been fitted to the vehicle by the museum after the war, originally it had the Gg 24/800/300 tracks.

The last type is ofcourse the transport tracks, which is a narrower version of the early Gg 24/800/300 tracks, made up of a narrow tread link and only using the large center piece of the connecting link, omitting the 3 smaller cennecting links.

As your model is a Porsche turret it could have been fitted with either the Gg 24/800/300 or the Gg 26/800/300 tracks. Your model doesn't have the armored cover over  the snorkel on the rear deck, it has a two piece gun tube and it has 5 bolts in the rear most side skirts this means it does not represent a very early Porsche turret and thus the Gg 26/800/300 tracks would be correct for this model, and that is exactly what is pressent on your model. 

Gg 24/800/300 - 18 teeth double link- Porsche turret KT, P JT, some H turret KT
Gg 26/800/300 - 9 teeth double link- H turret KT, JT
Kgs 73/800/152 - late 18 teeth - final KT

Have any picture of P turret KT with 26/800/300?